Improvement in fruit-knife gages



C. R.HOWE.

Improvement in Fruit-Knife Gages.

No. 133,031. I Patented Nov.12,1872.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

CHARLES It. HOWE, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT "\l FRUIT-KNIFE GAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,031, dated November12, 1672.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES R. HOWE, ofMinneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Gages for Fruit- ]?aringKnives; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

The figure of the drawing is a representation of a perspective view ofmy invention.

This invention has relation to fruit-paring gages for knives, and thenovelty consists in the peculiar construction of that part of the gagewhich is secured to the knife near the handle, whereby the device ismade capable of attachment to any ordinary table-knife, substantially ashereinafter more fully described.

A in the drawing represents the frame of the gage, consisting of a pieceof elastic wire bent at the points a (1/, and recessed to receive theends of a roller, 1). The upper part of said frame beyond the roller isbent to form an oblong bow, B, through which may be passed at its end.In the angle formed where the bow B meets the part a a notch, 41, ismade. Along the side of the arm a several notches, z, are formed, asshown.

The device is applied to a knife by passing the blade through the bow,putting the edge into the notch i and one of the notches z, andspringing the arm 0 of the bow over the back of the knife, where, by theelasticity of the metal, it will be securely held.

The thickness of the peeling is gaged by changing the knife at its pointtoward or from the roller, in the notches 2.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure

